Terrence Malick

My Favorite Films of 2011

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My Favorite Films of 2011

The headline might be a little dubious–I’ve only been to the movies a few times this year. I wait for almost everything to come out on DVD or Blu-Ray. Not that I’m not interested in the new movies, but because when I see a movie that I love I immediately want to see all the making-of extras and deleted scenes and load the audio commentary tracks onto my iPod. I don’t have a Top Ten. I don’t think I’ve seen ten movies over the past year that I thought I couldn’t live without or that moved me profoundly or...

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All Things Terrence Malick – Read His Screenplays

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All Things Terrence Malick – Read His Screenplays

In a follow-up to last week’s post about Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, I’ve spoken with several people over the past week who’ve seen the film and had an almost identical emotional and personal reaction to the film as I did. Here is a three-minute clip montage from the film to give you a sample of it’s diversity. Honestly, I’ve never witnessed anything like this: The film is story without any apparent plot, as well as spiritual without being specifically religious. If anything it is a film about connections – man’s connection to himself, to his fellow man,...

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“The Tree of Life” – To Witness Genius

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“The Tree of Life” – To Witness Genius

There have been a few movie-going experiences where I felt I was having a life experiencing moment. Lawrence of Arabia, War And Peace, 2001: A Space Odyssey, All That Jazz, Apocalypse Now. Films that transcended the standards of filmmaking, either by the driving talent of a single individual or by the collective talent involved, to create something that truly stands alone – as breaking through the barriers to present something that has never been seen before. There are a lot of words of high praise bandied about when describing movies, but one once in a great, great while can...

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